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September 11, 2019

DRC Ebola: CMRE update, September 10

CMRE has emailed its daily update for September 10, with data for September 9. Excerpt from the Google translation:

SUBJECT: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION IN THE PROVINCES OF NORTH KIVU AND ITURI AS AT SEPTEMBER 09, 2019

Date: Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Since the beginning of the epidemic, the cumulative number of cases is 3,084, of which 2,973 are confirmed and 111 are probable. In total, there were 2,071 deaths (1,960 confirmed and 111 probable) and 935 people healed.

• 451 suspected cases under investigation;

• 3 new confirmed cases, including:

º 1 in North Kivu 1 in Beni;

º 2 in Ituri in Mambasa.

• 1 new confirmed death in North Kivu:

º No community deaths were recorded Monday 09 September 2019;

• 1 death in CTE in North Kivu Butembo.

• 10 people recovered from CTEs, including 9 in North Kivu, including 5 in Mabalako, 2 in Butembo and 1 in Beni, and 1 in Ituri in Komanda.

• No health workers are among the newly confirmed cases. The cumulative number of confirmed / probable cases among health workers is 157 (5% of all confirmed / probable cases), including 41 deaths.

/!\ The data presented in this table are subject to change after extensive investigation and after redistribution of cases and deaths in their respective health areas.

VACCINATION

• Since the start of vaccination on August 8, 2018, 217,177 people have been vaccinated;

• The only vaccine to be used in this outbreak is the rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine, manufactured by the pharmaceutical group Merck, following approval by the Ethics Committee in its decision of 20 May 2018.

MONITORING AT ENTRY POINTS

• Since the beginning of the epidemic, the total number of travelers checked (temperature measurement) at the health control points, until 04 September 2019, until 08 September 2019, is 92,350,244;

• To date, a total of 98 entry points (PoE) and sanitary control points (PoCs) have been set up in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri to protect the country's major cities and prevent the spread of the epidemic in neighboring countries.

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CMRE has emailed its daily update for September 10, with data for September 9. Excerpt from the Google translation:

SUBJECT: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION IN THE PROVINCES OF NORTH KIVU AND ITURI AS AT SEPTEMBER 09, 2019

Date: Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Since the beginning of the epidemic, the cumulative number of cases is 3,084, of which 2,973 are confirmed and 111 are probable. In total, there were 2,071 deaths (1,960 confirmed and 111 probable) and 935 people healed.

• 451 suspected cases under investigation;

• 3 new confirmed cases, including:

º 1 in North Kivu 1 in Beni;

º 2 in Ituri in Mambasa.

• 1 new confirmed death in North Kivu:

º No community deaths were recorded Monday 09 September 2019;

• 1 death in CTE in North Kivu Butembo.

• 10 people recovered from CTEs, including 9 in North Kivu, including 5 in Mabalako, 2 in Butembo and 1 in Beni, and 1 in Ituri in Komanda.

• No health workers are among the newly confirmed cases. The cumulative number of confirmed / probable cases among health workers is 157 (5% of all confirmed / probable cases), including 41 deaths.

/!\ The data presented in this table are subject to change after extensive investigation and after redistribution of cases and deaths in their respective health areas.

VACCINATION

• Since the start of vaccination on August 8, 2018, 217,177 people have been vaccinated;

• The only vaccine to be used in this outbreak is the rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine, manufactured by the pharmaceutical group Merck, following approval by the Ethics Committee in its decision of 20 May 2018.

MONITORING AT ENTRY POINTS

• Since the beginning of the epidemic, the total number of travelers checked (temperature measurement) at the health control points, until 04 September 2019, until 08 September 2019, is 92,350,244;

• To date, a total of 98 entry points (PoE) and sanitary control points (PoCs) have been set up in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri to protect the country's major cities and prevent the spread of the epidemic in neighboring countries.